i think i am getting it
i would just like to point out how unfair the regional are
lands end to gretna (basically as far as you can go in england) takes according to the rac route planner 8 hrs 57 minutes
from john o groats to gretna covering the whole of scotland the same route planner say it will take 8 hrs 51 min
when you consider that england is also covered by a wonderful assortments of cheap airlines an rail system with 10 regional events (warrented due to them having 10 times as many people granted) so people wont have far to travel and costs wont be excessive
but in scotland alot of people will have to pay hotel costs aswell as petrol for upto a 14 hour return journey (depending where the scotish event is and where they come from) to play a £20 freezeout
now i am still trying to work out the prize structure of these £20 freezeouts is there cash or do they just pay out in seats for the nationals?
if there is no cash you are going to be paying in the region of £50 in petrol and another £70 in hotel costs to play in an event with a top prize of £75
if the £1600 is paid out in prizes then i would imagine that even with a top heavy strucure you would need to finish in every top 3 to cover the costs for each event
if you dont play in the regionals you are giving everyone else a head start in getting ranking points
i think you have done a wonderfull job in getting bluesq and grosvenor involed in the tour i just don"t like the fact so much emphasis is put on the regionals
i havent even touched on the fact scotland has a much better and tougher quailty of players than areas like the south east/west of england
